Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/E. David Ellington


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The result was delete. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  01:20, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

E. David Ellington

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Claims to notability rest on appearing in an advert, founding a non-notable group, the Silicon Valley Blockchain Society, and a non-notable company GridSpeak Corporation. Ellington doesn't meet any of the notability thresholds. Cabayi (talk) 18:35, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Cabayi (talk) 18:36, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
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E. David Ellington is a notable entrepreneur in the SF Bay Area, and well known in the technology community.

Notability is not claimed based on SVBS or GridSpeak, but rather, the creation of one of the precursors to social networks and first African-American centered social network, NetNoir. A simple search for NetNoir on Google affirms that the entrepreneur meets the notability threshold. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipagecreator1 (talk • contribs) 20:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * , NetNoir may be notable and worthy of an article, but Ellington doesn't WP:INHERIT notability from the website. Cabayi (talk) 20:45, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Correct, Ellington inherits notability from all of his other accomplishments, including NetNoir, Serving on the San Fransisco Employees Retirement System (Pension Fund) Board, and other awards and recognition and well-read publications such as Forbes and Black Enterprise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipagecreator1 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Furthermore, Ellington is notable because of his status as one of the first African-American internet entrepreneurs, confirmed by various independent, notable sources such as:

https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/20/credit-suisse-launches-entrepreneurs-circle-to-support-african-american-entrepreneurs/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/casselle-malcolm-and-ellington-e-david http://ew.com/article/1995/06/16/aol-launches-netnoir/ https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=E+david+ellington&source=bl&ots=pSVCzVrg8b&sig=FTryr92tI8LOpqyeX_rS9liRj1U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSxvH5n_TZAhWFfrwKHSmgBig4FBDoAQhBMAU#v=onepage&q=E%20david%20ellington&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=kcCmwSxBHhoC&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=E+david+ellington&source=bl&ots=6NJiohlvJ7&sig=C3fQH4M5bVLjX1xg1JYTMC8Kds4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSxvH5n_TZAhWFfrwKHSmgBig4FBDoAQhDMAY#v=onepage&q=E%20david%20ellington&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipagecreator1 (talk • contribs) 21:00, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Cabayi –– thank you for the clarification. Argument on notability rests on the fact that Ellington is one of the first successful African-American entrepreneurs in the internet 1.0 era. Wikipagecreator1 (talk) 21:03, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Cabayi–– any update on your end? Wikipagecreator1 (talk) 07:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete this is the closest thing I can find to a source that is not a passing mention, and does not seem to satisfy the notability requirements. Just being an African American involved with some early internet businesses does not automatically convey notability. Page also seems self promotional. --Fiftytwo thirty (talk) 04:09, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - plenty of passing mentions, but little in the way of significant coverage. PhilKnight (talk) 00:50, 25 March 2018 (UTC)


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